But I had to, so I had to say goodbye and see you again to my host families, my american friends, my host country, that now I can call home and my new self, my american me.
"You get a strange feeling when you leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people you love, but you miss the person you are at this time and place because you'll never be this way ever again."
After school ended I had 2 weeks of my American summer break and had the chance to meet my friends from school to say goodbye. June 23rd my host parents brought me to the airport in Philadelphia,PA to send me off to the West Coast.
I had the chance to do at the end of my exchange year a west coast trip with the organization called BeloUSA. It started in Phoenix, Arizona. I met 62 foreign exchange students from 23 different countries. I made the best experiences in my life in these 2 weeks and it was definitely the highlight of my exchange year. We also were also hiking the Grand Canyon when we had 47 degrees celsius, Had a ride in a limousine in Las Vegas, Went to Hollywood in L.A. and went to a famous beach where I was the first time in my life in the pacific ocean, Went on rides in Disneyland, did water rafting in Yosemite National Park and Walked across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
All together I had the best 2 weeks in my life and met incredible people, that I could call my best friends after only 2 weeks, because we grew together and turned into #BeloFam!
Even though it wasn't always easy, I had the best year of my life by now and I made experiences that not everybody can have. I am very proud to say that I was in the U.S. for a year.
After my 11 and a half hour flight home, my parents picked me up from the Airport in Munich. It was weird talking German again. It took more time than I've thought it would till I got used to everything again that used to be so normal to me.
Sometimes it still feels like I don' fit quite in anymore, but now I have to find a new spot for me, maybe even a new me, because I can't deny that I didn't change. In school I'm going to do a year more than my friends, so I'm going in 10th next year in a new class.
Thanks to everyone who read my Blog over the past year !
